Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 04/15/1996 | 65000 | ||
| Rapid acceleration incident in a 1990 volvo 740 turbo sedan. given the recent press re toyota, i would just like it known that the issue may extend to other manufacturers as well. my vehicle became possessed in a parking garage in downtown minneapolis in 1996. i was about to back out of a parking space, and it went into a super high speed reverse (on its own from zero to perhaps 40 mph?) while my foot was jammed in terror on the brake. i was able to throw the transmission into first gear, which did not solve the problem, and shut off the engine, before i smashed into a car behind me. i was afraid to drive the car, but took the car to the dealer, who could find nothing wrong and found no recalls. i sold the car long ago, but thought you should know. i love volvo and still believe they are safe cars, so i regret to bring this up. | |||
| 03/13/2007 | 1 | ||
| In a parking lot at a local grocery store, my daughter and i went into the car, started it and shifted the gear, while holding the brake, from park mode to revers mode to get out of the parking lot. as soon as i shifted it, the car took off in full speed backward as if it was crazy, hitting a car and a passenger that was coming out of the car. as my car hit the 2nd vehicle's open door, it bounced forward, also in full speed. by this time, i shifted the gear to park mode in attempt to stop the car. nevertheless, the car flew and hit a suv and as the airbag broke, my car stopped. the suv was then sandwiched in between my car and a parked car in front of it. both cars were empty but the passenger from the first car was badly bruised in her side and knee. the sudden acceleration had occured and the tire marks remained from the starting location to the end because i was pushing the brake all the time, nevertheless, the car flew unintentionally. since it is a very unusual case, nothing has been done to the car yet and i will probably total that car. | |||
| 01/28/2001 | 01/01/1991 | ||
| While rounding a curve at 20mph vehicle suddenly and uncontrollably accelerated to 50-60mph. brakes were ineffective to slow acceleration. vehicle flew over curb, into park crashing into tree. thankfully, airbag deployed saving elderly driver. *ak | |||
| 01/28/2001 | 1 | ||
| While driving at a low rate of speed and when attemtping to turn around a curve vehicle suddenly accelerated, causing unwanted and unexpected acceleration, resulting in an accident. consumer has contacted volvo. *ak the brakes failed to stop the accelerating vehicle. *yh | |||
| 08/01/1991 | |||
| Unintentional acceleration. driver sitting in a carpool pickup line with car turned off. driver started car in order to move it forward about 25 feet( then the intention was to turn it off and sit and wait another 10 minutes until school got out). driver put car in drive and went to give car some gas and the car lunged forward, engine completly reved. tried to jam on brakes but the car engine still totally reved. smashed into ford expedition in front of me. air bag deployed hitting stomach only. | |||
| When shifting from park to drive vehicle accelerated with the drivers foot on brake pedal. the vehicle hit a telephone pole. dealer has not seen the totaled vehicle. *ak | |||
| 06/06/1998 | 1 | ||
| Vehicle experienced sudden acceleration resulting in vehicle collision. | |||
| 05/19/1997 | 1 | ||
| While waiting in line put vehicle in drive and the vehicle took off at 50mph. applied the brakes and the vehicle kept on going, when vehicle hit the wall the engine was still running, did not have any control over the vehicle once it started accelerating.*ak *jb | |||
| 01/26/1997 | |||
| While backing out of parking space the vehicle sudden accelerated. vehicle hit another vehicle and the air bag did not deploy either. | |||
| Owner states that for no reason while backing out of his driveway vehicle went out of control owner is concerned for his safety. *ak | |||
| 09/27/1995 | 7 | ||
| Sudden acceleration when shifting from park to drive, causing accident. *sd | |||
| 03/20/1995 | 0 | ||
| Sudden acceleration while attempting right turn, causing loss of control/accident. (other vehicle on 489061). *skd | |||